05/15/04

Welcome to my Web site!

My own background in puntgunning started in the late 70's whilst living
on the remote island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, but it was a full
10 years later before the ambition was turned into practice.

Having built a very crude punt in 1978 intended for a double barrel 4
bore, I quickly found out the shortcomings of the design, and found that I
could no way finding or fund a suitable gun. By 1983 I was trying to modify
the punt to make it useable for a proper big gun - all to no avail.

In 1984 I discovered an advert by "Adams Puntguns" offering to build to
order a big gun. I placed an order for a gun of 1.625 inches, and started to
look for a useable punt.

Late in 1985 I found an old punt originally used on Langston Harbour by
the Pyecroft family during the early 1900's, together with a 1.5 inch gun
crudely converted from muzzle loading to breach loading (and not proved).

Thus started 2 long years of work to make the gun useable and the punt
seaworthy.

During the 1987 season I tried repeatedly to get afloat on the Humber
estuary at Patrington Haven without success.

A chance meeting with a like minded soul at a clay pigeon shoot prompted
the building of a modern double punt.

The punt was launched, after 8 months of construction work, on Boxing Day
1988. Shortly after the Adams Gun was received.